elegancy
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As to the correctness and elegancy of your writing, attention to grammar does the one, and to the best authors, the other.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
However, he is a fanciful man, and thinks there is no 220 elegancy nor wit but in his own way of talking.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
The chief secret is the choice of words; 224 and, by this choice, I do not here mean elegancy of expression, but propriety of sound, to be varied according to the nature of the subject.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott
Delight, or pleasure, as when one is entertained, or ravished with music, painting, oratory, or any such elegancy, shews itself by the looks, gestures, and utterance of joy; but moderated.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
There was indeed little in common between what we may venture to call the pedantry of Germany and the superficial elegancy of the Jesuit schools.
From The Unity of Civilization by Various
Speeches were always in order—the smooth elegancies of a Davis, the high-flown outpourings of a Harvey, the salty blasts of a Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He consorted with English lords, rode to hounds, learned to love foppery and all the elegancies, became a past master of dancing, of gambling, polite drinking and exquisite flirtation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, I seen th’ day——” In the midst of a dissertation upon the elegancies of hand-set type and the blasted frightfulness of an existence surrounded by linotype machines, Shea stretched out and fell asleep.
From The Mesa Trail by H. Bedford-Jones
I pray, in truth, that you may never learn the harsh lessons of adversity; but remember, as you enjoy the elegancies of a luxurious home, that change comes to all when least expected.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
Its mistress was educated in England, and has here surrounded herself with many European comforts and elegancies.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou
